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733 F.3d 13 · 2013

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
February 2025
most recently cited

8 federal appellate ·

Relationships

Applies 8 U.S.C. § 1158 (§ 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1231 (§ 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)) · 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (§ 242 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter))

Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre · ACOSTA · 19 I. & N. Dec. 439 - MOGARRABI · Romilus v. Ashcroft

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the risk that [the noncitizen] face[d] [was] personal, and not due to her membership in a social group”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “not due to ... membership in a social group”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.